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Question:

In each of the following sentences, parts of the sentence are left blank. Beneath each sentence, different ways of completing the sentence are indicated. Choose the best alternative among them.

Indian intellectuals may boast, if they are so inclined, of being _____ to the most elitist among the intellectual _____of the world.

Explanation:

The statement is talking about current Indian Intellectuals. Therefore, logically, they cannot be ancestors. Option 3 can be ruled out.
If they are boasting then they would most likely not boast about being a subordinate (secondary) to someone else. Therefore, options 1 and 3 are ruled out.
Between options 2 and 4, firstly, ‘heirs’ seems better than heir (‘Indian intellectuals’ indicates plural ‘heirs’). Secondly, for the second blank, ‘cliques’ is a more apt choice. Clique also means elite (group), hence that goes with elitist among the intellectual elite.
Hence, the correct answer is option 2.

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